Perhaps they knew the clock was ticking on that site. I know that area pretty well. Pleasant Valley Way, which inspired the Monkees song Pleasant Valley Sunday. The writers lived near there many years ago.
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Perhaps they knew the clock was ticking on that site. I know that area pretty well. Pleasant Valley Way, which inspired the Monkees song Pleasant Valley Sunday. The writers lived near there many years ago.
I believe that was written by Carole King and her late ex-husband Gerry Goffin.
It will happen on April 31.
I'm really confused. I was under the impression that Cumulus was completely, totally out of market #1. WABC gone to Big Apple, WPLJ to EMF, WNSH/WXBK is now Audacy, whatever that thing is on 103.9 is too far away from West Orange to use as an aux, regardless of who owns it now. So why does Cumulus even need a standby at all?
Yes, when I talk about Cumulus, I'm talking about when they bought WFME. They traded it to Entercom in 2019 after they emerged from bankruptcy and sold WABC and WPLJ. So yes, they're out of the market now. They had begun work to move the tower to the Meadowlands, completed a couple years ago by Audacy. I thought they kept the use of the old tower as a backup, but apparently they moved next door.
InsideRadio has an article about Good Karma owned station WMVP AM, in the Chicago area. The FCC is granting them authorization to reduce power at night from 50,000 watts to 37,000. Apparently this is to save the owner some money on electric bills during the late night hours, when the audience size is rather small. They also plan to move the station, and diplex off of an existing facility. Maybe this could be relevant to the future plans (if there any), for WQEW.
WMVP Moves
WMVP Moves
No. That's not correct. WMVP is moving their antenna. They have to cut power at night because of interference. From your linked article:
There's a whole thread on this subject on the Chicago board with the letter from the resident who was objecting to the antenna move. Nowhere does anyone say anything about trying to save the owner money.
That's the opinion of the writer. The reason for this change is GKB bought the station from Disney. It didn't include the tower property. So they had to move to another location. The moving costs will far exceed any savings from the power bill.
If so, it wasn't stated in their application for the change. The owners haven't said anything about saving money.
The application is posted at the link I gave for the Chicago board.
The night power reduction is due to a transmitter move move which required compliance with new interference rules and FCC regulations. They could not have maintained the full 50 kw with that move.
The power reduction will only reduce coverage by about 15% at night, all in fringe areas outside the metro. The electric savings might be a couple of hundred dollars a month. That is no savings at all on a station that bills around $750,000 a month.
And the saving are inconsequential compared to the station billings.
It's to comply with new interference requirements, not any increased interference.
Here's another article on the power change of WMVP:
www.insideradio.com
Contrary to this article, GKB did not buy the tower & land from Disney when it bought the station.
Somewhat related to WFME, there's a quote from the FCC about the classification of the station as a 50KW Class A.
FCC Allows Good Karma To Cut WMVP Chicago’s Nighttime Power By A Quarter.
Good Karma Brands has overcome an objection to an engineering proposal for its clear channel station “ESPN Chicago 1000 AM” WMVP Chicago, which will allow the station to remain at
Contrary to this article, GKB did not buy the tower & land from Disney when it bought the station.
Somewhat related to WFME, there's a quote from the FCC about the classification of the station as a 50KW Class A.
And if you're talking about the guy with two first names, you can see from the FCC's letter dismissing his objection that his address is in Berwyn, which is the other side of Cicero from Midway Airport. I wouldn't call that fringe. His reception of the station is likely to be affected minimally, if at all.
A speed bump, nothing more.
Albert David seems to have a hobby of filing objections to modifications, and construction permits all over the country that don't even affect Him. He probably doesn't even listen to WMVP. And if He does it's obvious He has internet so He can stream it.
Stickney!
Or maybe you mean WFME
Getting back to the original topic, yes there will be a change of some sort when they move, depending on where that is. They really thought they could keep some of the power in West Orange. Now they seemed to have completely blown up that idea, if they're packing things up and selling this location!
They don't need the building, since the programming is coming from either TN or CA. They don't need the tower anymore, since WXBK has moved. So I guess they're looking for a new location, and depending where that is, they will probably have to make a change in power. We will see. It's a great topic for a story in the NERW, Scott Fybush!
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